How to use assume in a sentence

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• Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.From the entry dated
• The first two leads check out; I'll assume the third one is also valid.From the entry check out
• Some assume that chloroform is a gas because it was given by inhalation.From the entry chloroform
• Liz said that her name looks yellow, so I assume she’s synaesthetic.From the entry synaesthetic
• Although this behavior may look suspicious, we should assume good faith.From the entry good faith
• I assume it all could just be a cod.From the entry cod
• Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.From the entry machine
• You should assume that everything this guy posts is ironic.From the entry ironic
• You can't assume that someone else will call an ambulance. I learnt that the hard way after crashing my bike.From the entry the hard way
• Sometimes people glibly speak as if the Dead Hand were a thing of the past, but it is foolhardy to assume so.From the entry dead hand
• Junior's brain that we all assume has been ratatouilling him around this whole time?2025 November 19, Stephen Colbert, “Schumer: Trump 'Can't F*** Around' With Epstein Files Release | Messing With Texas | RFK On…. From the entry ratatouille
• She loathed lying by avoiding saying 'her' or 'him' to let people assume.2025, Sophia Kelly, People of the Rock. From the entry pronoun dance
• In the morning I am awakened by what I assume are ambulances but which are allegedly cicadas.2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times. From the entry skeeter syndrome
• It is thus possible to assume that the indiscriminative interpretation and the evaluative interpretation (Eval) are related.2021, Determiners and Quantifiers: Functions, Variation, and Change, page 255. From the entry indiscriminative
• You assume this is likely the result of countless years of indoorsmanship.2021, Dan Sheehan, I Am Not A Wolf, Andrews McMeel Publishing, page 5. From the entry indoorsmanship
• For all these reasons, I assume that nonconception is better than a constantly neutral life.2019, Espen Gamlund, Carl Tollef Solberg, Saving People from the Harm of Death, page 112. From the entry nonconception
• When I come out as trans, people often assume that I'm transfemme, and I rarely correct them.2019 January 24, Jamie Beckenstein, “After I Came Out As Trans, Some Of My Exes Did, Too”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on…. From the entry genderweird
• We assume that each picker is assigned one batch and all pickers begin the pick tour simultaneously.2019, Aaya Aboelfotoh, Manjeet Singh and Gursel Suer, “Order Batching Optimization for Warehouses with Cluster-Picking”, in Procedia…. From the entry cluster picking
• Assume that no member of L is greater than or equal to any member of R.2018, Steven G. Krantz, Essentials of Mathematical Thinking, Taylor & Francis (Chapman & Hall/CRC Press), page 247. From the entry surreal number
• She would just assume put a bullet between his eyes than have him touch her.2017, M.J. Mays, Saddlebags, Trunks, and Tombs. From the entry just assume
• The first ever African director general of the World Health Organisation assumes office on Saturday.2017 July 1, Mukesh Kapila, “Six jobs the new World Health Organisation leader should prioritise”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry World Health Organisation
• We therefore assume that MDA may not appear as the primary autoimmunogenic factor in small LDL-IgG-IC formation.2016 February 4, “Simvastatin Efficiently Lowers Small LDL-IgG Immune Complex Levels: A Therapeutic Quality beyond the Lipid-Lowering…. From the entry autoimmunogenic
• We assume that the reader is either learning or is familiar with actuarial science.2015, Arthur Charpentier, Computational Actuarial Science with R, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press: Chapman & Hall), page xvii. From the entry actuarial science
• Our characterization does not assume commensurateness of criteria a priori, so defining comonotonicity becomes impossible..2015, Mikhail Timonin, “Axiomatization of the Choquet integral for heterogeneous product sets”, in arXiv. From the entry comonotonicity
• This approach assumes that BP and MCAv time-series are stationary signals composed of sinusoidals.2015 October 1, “Non-Linear Characterisation of Cerebral Pressure-Flow Dynamics in Humans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry sinusoidals
• Some people wrongly assume that adult baby fetishism is connected to paedophilia.2015 March 26, John Lucas, “This Is What a Night at One of London's Adult Baby Parties Is Actually Like”, in Vice. From the entry adult baby
• One can assume that, the world takes care of its own.2014, Aleph Alpha, "Words of Tomorrow". From the entry deperish
• I assume we are speaking of a single rule CA (one rule for every cell).2013 October 31, Shawn LeGrand, “Question about one-dimensional cellular automaton with a finite number of cells”, in…. From the entry ca
• The next group of computational approaches to metaphor assume that metaphor is basically a hidden analogy.2013, Eileen Cornell Way, Knowledge Representation and Metaphor, page 157. From the entry metaphor
• But it may be safe to assume that they were mapheads, and they dug his work.2012, Simon Garfield, On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way It Does, London: Profile Books, →ISBN, page 86. From the entry maphead
• Use a closed fist or assume the Dracula sneeze pose to temper germ transmission.2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, Ten Speed Press…. From the entry Dracula sneeze
• We don't know why he actually cooked a Cajun dinner, but let's assume he did.2011, Stephen J. Cannell, Vigilante. From the entry put a pin in
• I assume their saliva helps act as a binder to some degree (the 'pedia says they're waterproof).2011 January 25, Dave, “3d printing paper molds”, in Hive76 Discussion (Google Groups), archived from the original on 25 Oct 2025. From the entry 'pedia
• First, there is the sociogenic approach, which assumes criminal behavior develops out of societal processes.2008, Grover Maurice Godwin, Hunting Serial Predators, page 1. From the entry sociogenic

Meaning of assume

1. verb To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
2. verb To take on a position, duty or form.
3. verb To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate.

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Questions about assume in a sentence

How do you use assume in a sentence?

Assume is used as a verb. For example: “We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.”

What is a short sentence with assume?

“He assumed an air of indifference.”

What does assume mean?

Assume means to authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.